2021 Scenic Rim Eat Local Week Program
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Now in its tenth year, Scenic Rim Eat Local On behalf of Scenic Rim Regional Council, I Week has a delicious reputation as a must do am proud to introduce the 2021 Scenic Rim Eat Queensland event. Local Week program, and excited to welcome The Scenic Rim’s rich alluvial soils produce some you to our region. We missed you all last year of Australia’s best produce. as events across the country were postponed, however we're back and bigger than ever, ready Local olives, cheeses, jams and relishes are to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this award- proof South East Queensland’s Scenic Rim has winning event. something to delight all tastes. Scenic Rim Eat Local Week is more than just Eat Local Week is more than an opportunity to tasting our amazing local food and wine. It's also be charmed by the region’s many fine foods, it driving to discover breathtaking landscapes, also encourages city dwellers to become better meeting the hardworking heroes who put food acquainted with what we eat. and drink on our tables, and watching strangers This is where you can visit vineyards and become family. It's a chance to fully immerse connect with the farmers and communities who yourself in the richest place on Earth. grow the fresh gourmet food on your plate. Of course, Scenic Rim Eat Local Week couldn’t Events like Eat Local Week not only tantalise the happen without our local operators, and we senses, they also inspire visitors to stay in the are grateful for the wonderful support of our region, support local jobs and contribute more sponsors Tourism and Events Queensland, than $2 million to the Scenic Rim’s economic Urban Utilities, The Courier Mail, Brisbane recovery, which is now underway. Economic Development Agency, Kalfresh In 2021, the Palaszczuk Government and Tourism Vegetables, Moffatt Fresh Produce, Kalbar & and Events Queensland’s Destination Events District Community Bank and Channel 7, as well Program are proud to be associated with Scenic as bushfire recovery funding from the Australian Rim Eat Local Week. and Queensland governments. Organisers including an army of volunteers put With a smorgasbord of experiences and events tremendous effort into making sure this on offer, Scenic Rim Eat Local Week offers event is like a fine local vintage – it something for everyone. Whether you're here gets better with every year. to explore our spectacular region, visit Scenic Rim Eat Local Week our farms, consume our homegrown is your chance to support produce, savour our wine and the community, explore and beverages or learn to cook with reinvigorate your appetite for local ingredients — we know that fresh, locally produced food. if you arrive here as a stranger, you will leave as family. Enjoy. We look forward to seeing Stirling Hinchliffe, you here! Tourism Minister Mayor Greg Christensen, Scenic Rim Regional Council PRESENTING PARTNERS Components of Scenic Rim Eat Local Week 2021 have been made possible thanks to the Australian Government Bushfire Recovery Initiative. MAJOR PARTNERS SUPPORTING PARTNERS PREPARE TO EAT THE RAINBOW, MEET THE GROWERS, WALK THE FIELDS AND TAKE DEEP, FLAVOUR-FILLED BREATHS OF SCENIC RIM GOODNESS BECAUSE THERE’S NO OTHER EVENT LIKE EAT LOCAL WEEK. Starring more than 125 events from Canungra to The Lost World, Beaudesert to Boonah and Tamborine Mountain to Kalbar, Scenic Rim Eat Local Week is the ultimate backstage pass to the farms, wineries and food stories of the region. It’s the opportunity to meet the people behind the produce and the flavours in a celebration that features festivals, farm-gate events and culinary experiences for foodies of all ages. It’s also Queensland’s most authentic food festival. And that’s something to celebrate. We can’t wait to see you in the Scenic Rim. SHARE YOUR SCENIC SHOTS! Share your Eat Local Week experiences and shots using the hashtags #scenicrim #eatlocalweek #eatlocalscenicrim We love the world knowing how wonderful our region and it’s flavours and faces are! Visit eatlocalweek.com.au Follow us on Facebook and Instagram EATLOCALWEEK.COM.AU | Page 3 THE BEST SCENIC RIM EAT LOCAL WEEK EVER Enjoying all this flavour is a serious business and trust us, pre-planning your Eat Local Week adventure is key. We’ve lived and loved Scenic Rim Eat Local Week for 10 glorious years, and are here to help! Here’s some tips… 1. GRAB A CUPPA AND A HIGHLIGHTER – Take time to read the full program and create a wish list of favourites. Or make it a family activity, there’s lots of school holiday ideas in here. But beware, this is going to make you salivate! 2. MAP IT! – Not sure where the events are or how many you can fit in a day? Check the map on page 6. Make sure you allow plenty of driving and stopping time for scenic snaps and farm gates along the way. 3. GATHER A GROUP – Call your crew and experience Eat Local Week together, over a weekend or overnighter (there’s joy in numbers!). Plus, it means you can share the role of designated driver. 4. LOCK IT IN – Scenic Rim Eat Local Week events are in high demand with many selling out fast, so if you spot an event you love, book it NOW at eatlocalweek.com.au/events 5. BOOK ACCOMMODATION – All budgets are covered, from romantic cottages, campsites, farm stays and family resorts, but this is a popular time of the year so book early! 6. PACK AN ESKY – Pop an empty esky in the car, we guarantee you will fill it with stunning local produce from the region. Farm gates will be open and most events will have local produce stalls. 7. DON’T FORGET YOUR WATER BOTTLE – We ask you to tread lightly through the beautiful Scenic Rim. Please bring your refillable water bottle, and of course, take waste with you or put it in bins provided. Our friends at Urban Utilities will have a water station for you at the Winter Harvest Festival. 8. READY YOUR APPETITE – It IS a food festival, so have your taste buds ready and wear stretchy pants! 9. ASK QUESTIONS, SAY HI TO THE PRODUCERS – Shake hands with our incredible farmers, producers and flavour makers. This is their celebration too, and they love sharing their stories of what they do. 10. BE COVID SAFE – Please follow all COVID-safe directions, always check-in to events, observe social distancing, use the hand sanitisation stations and if needed, wear masks. We will keep you up to date through our social media and website. We are all in this together! Page 4 | EATLOCALWEEK.COM.AU to a decade of deliciousness It just took an idea. In 2011 a group of local producers, farmers and tourism operators planted the idea of Scenic Rim Eat Local Week as a celebration to shine the light on the flavours and faces of the Scenic Rim; an event to encourage people to look to their backyard for seasonal food and pay tribute to the people that produce it. That year 10 events were staged and then in 2012, with increased involvement from Scenic Rim Regional Council, the At the same time, the event engages with event started the evolution that continues to this day. the general public in a unique and authentic way, creating a true Over the past 10 years, Scenic Rm Eat Local Week has grown regional identity and connection that’s the envy of so many. to become one of Australia’s most famed and authentic food Under the careful management of Council’s organising team, festivals. This year, the biggest program in the event’s history events like the Towri Sheep Cheese Farm Tours, Tommerup Dairy will be staged, attended by an extraordinary army of Eat Local Farm’s Market Days, the Kalfresh Carrot Day and the signature champions who come from across the road, and across the event, the Winter Harvest Festival, are bigger and better each country. year. Carrot Clarinets, Carrot Couture (vegetable-inspired In 2015, acclaimed chef Josue Lopez was invited be the first fashions showcased on a farm ‘carrot-walk’), Jamming with Regional Food Ambassador. He has since been joined by an Lambs, food-styling workshops, long lunches on working farms, extraordinary line-up of flavour-makers who now showcase bush tucker experience, hands on education classes for kids and Scenic Rim ingredients on their menus. This year we welcome a range of live media events featuring camels, cows, chooks, Alison Alexander, Ash Martin, Daniel Groneberg, Brenda Fawdon, carrots, cheese and wine have seen the event soar in popularity Cameron Matthews, Caroline Jones, Glen Barrett, Javier Codina, and accessibility. Kate Raymont, Richard Ousby and of course, Josh as our In 2019 Scenic Rim Eat Local Week generated nearly $2million for Ambassadors. What a collective of chefs!!! the regional economy and attracted nearly 40,000 people to the Also in 2015, Council commissioned Tamborine Mountain author region. Outstanding. and photographer Christine Sharp, and renown chef Brenda Last year, when COVID-19 forced Council to cancel Eat Local Fawdon to create EAT LOCAL: Food Farming & Conversations Week – and what would have been its 10th year - Mayor Greg in the Scenic Rim and its followup in 2018. The two coffee table Christensen announced Council’s support for Scenic Rim Farm books tell the stories of Scenic Rim producers and stand as Box, a farm-to-fridge business that helped fill the gap left by the important legacies for this event. cancellation. “If the city can’t come to the region, we’ll take the Each year the event has grown in size and prominence.